Under Pressure: Chinese Full-Time Mothers Demand Time Off
The story of a full-time mother who was slammed by her husband and mother-in-law for asking some ‘time off’ for traveling during the national holiday has gone viral on Chinese social media. Her account...
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Weibo Servers Down After Lu Han Announces New Relationship
A Chinese celebrity’s relationship announcement led to a rare breakdown of Weibo’s servers on Sunday. So many fans commented on Lu Han’s new love affair that the social media platform was inaccessible...
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Beijing Top Medical Students Open Barbecue Restaurant, Offer Discount for...
Top medical students from Beijing’s Ivy League universities have started their own BBQ restaurant. To ‘encourage research,’ they offer customers a discount if they can show they have recently been...
View ArticleChina’s ‘Wedding of the Year’ Is the Talk of the Day on Weibo
Although many still think of Angelababy and Huang Xiaoming when talking about ‘China’s biggest wedding’, this fu’erdai couple have just celebrated a wedding that is even more extravagant. See our...
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This Digital Device Now Helps Chinese Police Catch Traffic Violators
A new digital device makes it easier and safer for Chinese police to catch traffic violators. A local experiment with the police gadget proved successful earlier this year. From now on, it might no...
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These are the 100 Terms the Communist Party Wants You to Know for the 19th...
These are the 100 terms to know for the 19th CPC National Congress – propagated by People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, on Weibo. It is the week of the 19th National...
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China’s Latest Online Viral Game Makes You Clap for Xi Jinping
In a new online game that has come out during the 19th National Congress in Beijing, Chinese netizens can compete in applauding for Xi Jinping. The game has become an online hit. The major 19th CPC...
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“Support China’s New Era” Campaign Goes Viral on Chinese Social Media
On the day of the conclusion of the 19th National Congress in Beijing, Party newspaper People’s Daily launched a new hashtag. With #SupporttheNewEra, Chinese celebrities show that they stand behind Xi...
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Facing Challenges: China’s Post-90s Generation and Their Employment Market...
Often considered lazy or fickle, China’s post-90s generation has a bad reputation when it comes to the workplace in China. But there is more than meets the eye. Upon entering the job market, the...
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How Could a Cancer Patient’s ‘Crazy Shopping Spree’ Become the Subject of...
A story that went trending on Chinese social media this week about a rich woman spending $600,000 during a shopping expedition in a Sichuan mall has taken an unexpected turn. Family members have...
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Top 10 Most Popular Smartphones in China 2017 (According to Weibo)
The sales of smartphones are going through the roof during China’s annual e-commerce shopping festival Single’s Day (11/11). What smartphone brands and models are the most popular on Chinese social...
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McDonald’s China Will Still Be ‘Maidanglao’
The name change of McDonald’s in China from Maidanglao to Jin Gongmen caused much consternation on Weibo this week. Twenty-seven years ago McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in mainland China under...
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Xi’an Fire Incident: Xi’an ‘Chimney’ Goes Up in Smoke
“How can a chimney go up in flames?,” netizens wonder after a big fire occurred in Xi’an landmark 100-meter tall chimney this morning. In the morning of November 2, footage of a big fire near a...
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Viral Merchants Bank Commercial Hits Close to Home for Chinese Students Abroad
A Merchants Bank viral campaign titled ‘The World is No Bigger than a Tomato Omelette’ is triggering many reactions on Chinese social media. While the commercial moves many people to tears, others find...
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Graduation Photos of Only Girl in All-Male Class Go Viral
This only girl in a class at the Wuchang Institute of Technology is treated like a princess by her classmates. The creative graduation photos of a class consisting of 35 boys and just one girl have...
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5 Teenage Girls Sentenced to Prison for Bullying Classmates and Posting...
Campus violence videos became a concerning online trend in 2016. A Beijing court has now sentenced a group of ‘school bullies’ to prison for assaulting classmates and posting a video of their abuse...
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Man Dies of Heart Attack after Being Told Not to Smoke in Elevator, Now...
Who is to blame when two men argue because one of them is smoking in the elevator, and then dies of a heart attack moments later? The family of the deceased smoker is now suing the man who told him not...
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On Trump’s First Day in China, Arabella Steals the Show
The talk of the day on Chinese social media during Trump’s first day in China is not the president himself, nor first lady Melania; it is granddaughter Arabella Kushner. “Trump is here!” (#特朗普来了#) is...
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Force-Feeding Wasabi: Abuse of Toddlers at Shanghai Kindergarten Sparks Outrage
Footage of toddlers being abused at the daycare center of China’s Ctrip company is widely circulating on Weibo, triggering anger amongst Shanghai parents and Chinese netizens. Surveillance footage of...
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Here’s Xi the Cartoon – Online Animations Are China’s New ‘Propaganda Posters’
In an era where China’s young generations are practically glued to their smartphone screens, China’s propaganda departments are stepping up their game. Online animated videos and gifs use bright...
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